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Post by standing stone on May 31, 2017 7:17:43 GMT
Swallow nest fully visible -parent is off - eggs visible and lovely downy cosiness.
Back to overnight clips.. chifhaffs look near to fledging...
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Post by standing stone on May 31, 2017 7:21:16 GMT
Chifchaff nest is verticaal - I'm sure I've seen these and not realised what they were. Beautiful chiks - one stepped out and back in again.
Chiff chaffs winter in Cornwall - I didn't know this! Brett had 5 chiffchaffs overwintering in the Midlands - they do well on sewage farm warmth gosh! The overwintering ones get the best territories and climate change is a factor in this - resident numbers are rising.. not travelling so far..
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Post by standing stone on May 31, 2017 7:23:47 GMT
Chiffchaff chick got a lot more adventurous and was fed outside the nest. They will fledge today - looks certain..
Discussing whether semi fledging is a thing.... branching... adjacent...other such terms.
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Post by standing stone on May 31, 2017 7:24:14 GMT
Five chicks in this nest..
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Post by standing stone on May 31, 2017 7:28:07 GMT
Nikki Waldron - Producer of Unsprung is chatting with Brett re history of Springwatch...... this could be in a later programme to my mind - show us the wildlife....
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Post by standing stone on May 31, 2017 7:30:13 GMT
Ooooo - peregrine feeding chick at Salisbury cathedral - wonderful to see - and the cathedral chimes the half hour....
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Post by standing stone on May 31, 2017 7:30:57 GMT
Back to swallow nest - parent is back. Males have longer tail streamers than the female.
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Post by standing stone on May 31, 2017 7:32:53 GMT
oooo - that's a thing - Bret wonders what swallows look like in ultra violet. There has just been a bit of odd behaviour - the sitting swallow chasing the other away from the nest - what's that about?
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Post by standing stone on May 31, 2017 7:34:20 GMT
Chiff chaffs very close up - fab detail. Brett wonders what the inside of a chiff chaff chicks mouth is coloured ? patterned.
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Post by standing stone on May 31, 2017 7:36:34 GMT
Please let's go back to the Red Kite nest!
Nikki talking about her route to get to work on Springwatch.
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Post by standing stone on May 31, 2017 7:39:40 GMT
Brett gets discombobulated with digital technology..... come sit next to me, Brett - let's be discombobulated together!
Nikki has worked on high profile documentaries - 3 months in Antarctic filming penguins.
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Post by standing stone on May 31, 2017 7:40:24 GMT
Please - back to wildlife............... please, please, please....
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Post by standing stone on May 31, 2017 7:40:57 GMT
*puts kettle on*
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Post by standing stone on May 31, 2017 7:43:34 GMT
Do swallows re-use nests - no. The nests dessicate and fall apart over winter. They may reconstruct on same site.
Clean out any nests / boxes you have put up for house martins, swallows, swifts...
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Post by standing stone on May 31, 2017 7:46:44 GMT
Parent housekeeping the nest and change over takes place, the other parent settling on the nest.
Pam Ayres had 15 nests of housemartins - how fabulous!!!!!
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